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Saturday, 1 April 2017

FRANCE : DESPERATE SOCIALISTS BACK MACRON !

Suddenly all this week, almost every former or current Socialist Minister, including Emanual Valls, has decided to proclaim publicly, that he will vote for Emanuel Macron on Sunday 23 April, 2017. Emanuel Macron (EM) was initially the personal Economic Adviser of President François Hollande and then for two years became the Minister of Economy in the Valls Government. He resigned last August and formed his own Movement "En Marche" (EM) in order to become an Independent Presidential Candidate.It is now an accepted fact that the Presidential Term of Hollande was a complete disaster, not only for France but also for the Socialist Party ! Hollande knew he could not stand for a second term ! Then the Socialist Primary Election produced an unexpected winner, Benoît Hamon, who beat all the favourites !Alas, none of the former Socialist Ministers want to subscribe to Hamon's political policies which would only create more bankruptcy problems for France.Macron's policies and intentions strangely resemble the Policies Hollande was introducing !Suddenly everyone seems to fear that Le Pen and/or Fillon could become one of the two candidates to contest the final Final Vote on May 7, 2017 to become the next President of France ! Fillon has been continuously attacked with accusations questioning his integrity, with the hope that he would withdraw as a Presidential Candidate.Do electors who rejected Hollande's policies really want another "Hollande type of Government" ? The next televised Presidential debate by all the candidates is on Tuesday April 4 ; it promises to be "all important" ! .